MANILA – President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. designated Deputy Ombudsman for the Visayas Dante Vargas as acting Ombudsman, Malacañang confirmed on Wednesday.
"Confirmed," was Presidential Communications Office (PCO) Undersecretary Claire Castro's reply in a text message to reporters.
Vargas was appointed to the Office of the Ombudsman by former president Rodrigo Duterte in March 2022., This news data comes from:http://www.ycyzqzxyh.com
Marcos names acting Ombudsman
He will take over special prosecutor Mariflor Punzalan-Castillo who has been sitting as officer-in-charge of the anti-graft court since late July after Samuel Martires completed his mandated seven-year term.
Vargas shall oversee affairs at the agency until Marcos names a permanent Ombudsman.
- Comelec defers reconstitution of BARMM parliamentary districts
- Govt monitoring Chinese ‘sleeper agents’ in PH
- South Africa's most vulnerable struggle to find HIV medication after US aid cuts
- Marcos orders 'sweeping review' of DPWH budget under 2026 NEP
- Escudero subpoenaes 10 DPWH contractors for Senate probe next week
- Group presses DA on delayed fertilizer subsidies
- Kris Aquino is alive, says friend amid reports of death
- Heavy rain falls in parts of Southeast Asia after tropical storm blows into Vietnam Heavy rain falls in parts of Southeast Asia after tropical storm blows into Vietnam
- Discaya says her family owns nine companies
- Pope Leo: We must listen first before speaking
